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more</span></span></div></div></div><div class="columns"><div class="left_col column"><div class="formatted_description user_formatted"><p><strong>What is Youniverse?</strong></p> <p>Put simply, YOUNIVERSE is you: your psyche mapped, charted, extrapolated and built into a procedurally generated cosmos of infinite potential.</p> <p>Explore exotic planets, encounter strange entities, and confront the psychological issues that plague you all within the safety of this unique and proprietary therapeutic technology.</p> <p>But don't worry: you won't be alone. You and up to four other psychonauts will work together to explore YOUNIVERSE, confronting and defeating your issues together in search of the ultimate Breakthrough.</p> <p>Suit up, psychonaut. The last frontier lies within.</p> <p><em>NOTE: All beta testers must sign non-disclosure and liability waiver documents before entering YOUNIVERSE. Given the highly advanced technology at play, some quirks of code are likely. User accepts all risk when entering YOUNIVERSE.</em></p> <p>---</p> <p>Written and designed by <a href="https://www.ken-lowery.com/" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="origin" rel="nofollow noopener">Ken Lowery</a> for <em><a href="https://itch.io/jam/cast-away-vacation-jam" target="_blank">Cast Away Vacation</a>.</em><em> </em>YOUNIVERSE is an independent production by Ken Lowery of Bannerless Games and is not affiliated with Afterthought Committee.<em></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1631a/" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="origin" rel="nofollow noopener">"All in a Spin"</a> by A. 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You will get access to the following files:</p><div class="upload_list_widget base_widget" id="upload_list_2538519"><div class="upload"><div class="info_column"><div class="upload_name"><strong class="name" title="YOUNIVERSE - Cast Away Jam.pdf">YOUNIVERSE - Cast Away Jam.pdf</strong> <span class="file_size"><span>3.5 MB</span></span> <span class="download_platforms"></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="game_comments_widget base_widget" id="game_comments_5552331"><h2 id="comments">Comments</h2><p class="form_placeholder"><a href="https://itch.io/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fbannerlessgames.itch.io%2Fyouniverse" data-register_action="comment">Log in with itch.io</a> to leave a comment.</p><div class="community_topic_posts_widget base_widget" id="community_topic_posts_6695555"><div class="community_post_list_widget base_widget" id="community_post_list_9176125"><div class="community_post has_vote_column" id="post-3392210" data-post="{"user_id":3763467,"id":3392210}"><div class="post_anchor" id="first-post"></div><div class="post_anchor" id="last-post"></div><div class="post_grid"><div class="post_votes"><a class="vote_up_btn vote_btn" data-register_action="community_vote" href="https://itch.io/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fbannerlessgames.itch.io%2Fyouniverse&intent=community" title="Vote up"><svg role="img" width="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="svgicon icon_vote_up" height="20" aria-hidden version="1.1"><polygon points="2 18 12 6 22 18" /></svg></a> <a class="vote_down_btn vote_btn" data-register_action="community_vote" href="https://itch.io/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fbannerlessgames.itch.io%2Fyouniverse&intent=community" title="Vote down"><svg role="img" width="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="svgicon icon_vote_down" height="20" aria-hidden version="1.1"><polygon points="2 6 12 18 22 6" /></svg></a></div><a class="avatar_container" href="https://itch.io/profile/afterthought-committee"><div class="post_avatar" style="background-image: url(https://img.itch.zone/aW1nLzE3NjYwMTQ0LnBuZw==/25x25%23/i7uyvX.png)"></div></a><div class="post_header"><span class="post_author"><a href="https://itch.io/profile/afterthought-committee">Afterthought Committee</a></span><span class="post_date" title="2021-05-21 03:50:40"><a href="https://itch.io/post/3392210">3 years ago</a></span><span class="vote_counts"><span class="upvotes">(+2)</span></span></div><div class="post_content"><div dir="auto" class="post_body user_formatted"><p>I love this adventure! It's not easy to write something that evokes a <em>specific</em> vibe while staying open-ended enough that any playgroup would feel at home within its gentle restraints. The character and "entity" generators are fantastic as well. I really love all the unique combos.</p><p></p><p>The way the challenges, complications, and 'game mechanics' are hinted at in the text is genius. Being asked to interpret the difficulty as a collective is a nice touch. The subtle ways the text leads players and GM alike to become game designers is everything. </p><p>It asks you to <em>pay attention - </em>as a Navigator or a Survivor - to connect the tissue of your challenges through roleplay. This is an adventure about your characters and their psyches. You'll constantly be on the lookout for opportunities to develop characters in an introspective meta 'mirror' of your literal play experience irl and in the game.</p><p>This game-within-a-game works perfectly for Cast Away and provides a framework with which to utilize any setting, story, mechanic, or other element you wish to include. Use this to play a Troika adventure? Sure! How about a Mork Borg dungeon? Why not?! It also works really well to introduce a longer campaign if that's what you're looking for.<br><span></span></p><p>The potential for deep, interesting, and unique game experiences is outlined in a way that caters to the improv GMs, the prep-heavy GMs, and everyone in between. The added "meta" of an imagined world inside your imagined world is the cherry on top. <strong>Well done!</strong><br></p></div><div class="post_footer"><a class="post_action reply_btn" data-register_action="community_reply" href="https://itch.io/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fbannerlessgames.itch.io%2Fyouniverse&intent=community">Reply</a></div></div></div></div><script id="vote_counts_tpl" type="text/template"><% if (up_score > 0) { %><span class="upvotes">(+{{up_score}})</span><% } %><% if (down_score > 0) { %><span class="downvotes">(-{{down_score}})</span><% } %></script></div></div></div></div><div class="right_col column"><div class="video_embed"></div><div class="screenshot_list"><a target="_blank" data-image_lightbox="true" href="https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMTA1MDIxMC82MDA1Njg4LmpwZw==/original/5u0T%2BW.jpg"><img class="screenshot" src="https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMTA1MDIxMC82MDA1Njg4LmpwZw==/347x500/egprut.jpg" data-screenshot_id="6005688" 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